Agenda 2026

Saturday, October 17, 2026

7:00 – 7:55 AM             
Registration, Breakfast, Posters, and Exhibits

7:55- 8:00 AM              
Introduction & Opening Remarks
Anna Khanna, MD

Session I

8:00 – 8:30 AM
Optimizing Anticoagulant Reversal in Acute Stroke
Speaker: Anita Rajasekhar, MD

8:30 – 9:00 AM
Advances in Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
Speaker: Elan Sherazee, MD

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Maximizing the Golden Hour: Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit
Speaker: Nicolle Davis, PhD, RN, SCRN, FAHA

9:30 – 10:15 AM
Break, Posters, Exhibits, & Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit Tour

Session II: Break-Out Sessions

Track 1: Provider/APP

10:15 – 10:55 AM
Technological Advances in Acute Stroke Management
Speaker: Ben Alwood, MD

10:55 – 12:15 PM
Late Breaking Science
Speakers: John Arbucci, MD, Muhammad Qasim Bhatti, MD, & Neha Pirwani, MD

12:15 – 12:30 PM
Q&A

Track 2: Interdisciplinary

10:15 – 10:55 AM
Correlating Neuro Assessment in Stroke Syndromes
Speakers: Jessica Canosa, MD & James Cochran, MD

10:55 – 11:35 AM
Functional Vagus Nerve Rehabilitation
Speaker: David Rose, MD

11:35 – 12:15 PM
Fundamental Neuro Imaging in Stroke
Speaker: Shelley Young, MSN, APRN

12:15 – 12:30 PM
Q&A

12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch, Posters, and Exhibits

Session III

1:30 – 2:45 PM
Emerging Frontiers in Endovascular Therapy
Keynote Speaker: May Nour, MD, PhD

2:45 – 3:00 PM
Break, Posters, and Exhibits

3:00 – 3:30 PM
Advancements in Secondary Stroke Prevention
Speaker: Teng Peng, MD

3:30 – 4:00 PM
Best Practices in the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Speaker: Ivan Da Silva, MD

4:00 – 4:15 PM
Closing Remarks, Raffle Drawing